Until the late 1970s there'd either be only black or white in the paintings or if there were … - Matthew Collings

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Matthew Collings

Until the late 1970s there'd either be only black or white in the paintings or if there were colours it would be a small amount, not a large area, and with the color separated from other colors by black or white (which is formula for Damien Hirst's successful dot paintings, incidentally).

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